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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tries to convince Lomax to give Stoner his good class schedule back in Chapter XIV?
(a) Edith.
(b) Masters.
(c) Finch.
(d) Sloane.

2. What does Stoner say opposed him and Katherine being together and that they were proving wrong?
(a) Conventional wisdom.
(b) Love rules.
(c) Sanctity of marriage.
(d) Ethics.

3. What does Stoner realize with shock after he begins having out-of-body experiences regularly?
(a) How happy he is.
(b) How unhappy he is.
(c) How he has aged.
(d) How unfulfilled he is.

4. What is the name of the graduate student Stoner meets with at the beginning of Chapter IX?
(a) David Masters.
(b) Ed Frye.
(c) Katherine Driscoll.
(d) Charles Walker.

5. What does Stoner question Walker about to see his basic knowledge during his oral examination?
(a) History of literature.
(b) Renaissance literature.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) The Canterbury Tales.

6. What kind of company does Edith become involved in after her father's death?
(a) Law office.
(b) Theater.
(c) Florist.
(d) Catering.

7. What is Stoner certain of regarding Katherine when he realizes he has feelings for her?
(a) She isn't interested in him.
(b) She is too old.
(c) She is too young.
(d) She is in love with him.

8. Who cautions Stoner about his affair with Katherine because he could lose his job?
(a) Finch.
(b) Lomax.
(c) Frye.
(d) Masters.

9. Who arrives late for Stoner's seminar in Chapter IX?
(a) Katherine Driscoll.
(b) Hollis Lomax.
(c) Charles Walker.
(d) Ed Frye.

10. What do Stoner and Katherine begin at the end of Chapter XII?
(a) A love affair.
(b) A bitter rivalry.
(c) A working relationship.
(d) A friendship.

11. What does Stoner's student who audits his seminar present her final presentation on in Chapter IX?
(a) Renaissance Latin literature.
(b) Petrarch.
(c) Donatus on Shakespeare.
(d) The Sonnet.

12. How does Stoner initially react to Walker's oral examination?
(a) Unimpressed.
(b) Intrigued.
(c) Impressed.
(d) Blown away.

13. Who does Lomax threaten to fire after finding out about Stoner's affair?
(a) No one.
(b) Both Katherine and Stoner.
(c) Katherine.
(d) Stoner.

14. How does Stoner find Katherine when he goes to visit her after hearing she was sick?
(a) Curious.
(b) Happy.
(c) Excited.
(d) Desperately unhappy.

15. Where do Stoner and Katherine go for their only trip away together?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) The Ozarks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the person who questions Stoner about his conduct against Walker agree with after hearing his argument?

2. Who is not present at Walker's oral examination?

3. How does Stoner begin looking at the value of his life in Chapter XI?

4. How many minutes are professors allowed to question Walker during his oral examination?

5. How does Stoner note his efforts to fail Walker ended in Chapter XI?

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